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hpr1242 :: What's Wrong With Free, Anyway?

Free of Charge versus Free as in Freedom

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Hosted by Ahuka on Tuesday 2013-05-07 is flagged as Clean and is released under a CC-BY-SA license.
Tags: Apps,software,market.

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In looking at the distinction between free of charge and free as in freedom, some interesting issues emerge. I argue that free of charge is often not what we should be looking for if we want good software options. But because I like going the long way around behind the barn to get anywhere, I start off in the Music business.

Links to things I mentioned


My web site is at https://www.zwilnik.com/.


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